Summary:
Harrison Hills City is a small Ohio district of about 1,319 students served by just two schools: Harrison Central Elementary School, covering grades PK–6 with 773 students, and Harrison Central Junior/Senior High School, covering grades 7–12 with 546 students. There is no standalone middle school, so seventh and eighth graders attend the junior/senior high. Both buildings earned 2 stars in 2025–26 rankings (elementary 980 of 1560, 37th percentile; high school 527 of 795, 34th percentile), while Harrison Hills City as a whole ranks 568 of 773, about the 27th percentile, with 1 star.
Comparing the two, the elementary school's brightest spots are early grades: 3rd grade math (70.5 vs state 62.1), 4th grade math (71.0 vs 67.3), and 3rd grade ELA (67.4 vs 63.4) all beat the state. The high school's strengths are different: a 100.0% graduation rate, American Government at 73.4 vs 71.6, English II at 65.0 vs 62.7, and a lower student-teacher ratio of 15.9 versus the elementary school's 17.9. The shared weakness is math beyond the early grades, where gaps are severe: 6th grade math 26.2 vs 56.2, 8th grade math 23.0 vs 52.0, and Geometry 21.0 vs 43.3. Science trails the state at every tested grade in both schools.
Attendance differs too: chronic absenteeism is 31.5 at the high school, above the district's 28.5, while the elementary school is lower at 26.3. The elementary school has higher free/reduced lunch eligibility (56.4% vs 45.97%) and higher 2018–19 per-student spending ($10,597 vs $9,352). Across both schools and both years, only 9 of 40 test results exceeded the state rate, with 1 equal and 30 below, so families should expect some real strengths alongside broad areas needing improvement.
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